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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 14h

LIVE STOP TRUMP'S ICE INVASION Protest at Chicago Detention Center

LIVE NOW: youtube.com/live/23yTM-_...

LIVE STOP TRUMP'S ICE INVASION Protest at Chicago Detention Center

YouTube video by Status Coup News

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16h

What I didn't properly prepare myself for was that as the masked and armed fascists start tossing citizens into unmarked vans without license plates, they *also* take to television to opine on how patient they've been with their allegedly hateful and violent—actually law-abiding and peaceful—critics

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

"The original #NoKings protest was 250 years ago. We've had democracy since then. Now we have a would-be king who wants to take it away—King Donald the First. Fuck that. Stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18."
👉👉 nokings.org

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h

🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court temporarily allowed the Trump administration to keep the National Guard under federal command in Illinois — but blocked its use for active deployment. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Appeals Court Allows Trump to Keep Control of Illinois National Guard but Bars Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 19h

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#ResistanceUnited #OneV1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 19h

A reminder that Russell Vought previously said he wanted Gov workers “to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains…We want to put them in trauma.”

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 18h

#ResistanceUnited #OneV1 #ProudBlue
NJ House of Delgates Candidates!
Be sure to vote and ask your friends & families to do so too!
🗳️Delores Quinn District 81
🗳️Kimberly Adams District 82
🗳️Mary Person District 83
🗳️Nadarius Clark District 84

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16h

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16h

If true this a fucking disgrace and the beginning of the end of TikTok

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15h

Too much truth in one meme

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Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 14h

On Friday jurors handed up an award of $52 million against former Trump associate Felix Sater, who was found liable of laundering tens of millions of dollars allegedly stollen from the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan and BTA Bank

www.law.com/2025/10/10/e...

Ex-Trump Business Associate Found Liable for Money Laundering in Retrial | Law.com

Jurors handed up an award of $52 million against Felix Sater. That award is without interest factored in—a potentially significant addition since the acts took place more than a decade ago. The case w...

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Dr. Émile P. Torres @xriskology.bsky.social · 17h

If you're still on Twitter/X, I've got a quite amusing/distubring thread on my new article: "Slopacalypse Now: AI Is an Unmitigated Disaster for Society!" Since I can't share videos on this platform (always get an error message, @support.bsky.team), I'm passing along the link: x.com/xriskology/s...

Dr. Émile P. Torres 🛑 on X: ""Slopacalypse" Now: AI Is an Unmitigated Disaster for Society! The profound dangers of AI slop, deepfakes, and disinformation polluting the information ecosystems of the Internet have never been clearer after OpenAI released its video-generation app Sora 2 on September 30. A 🧵. https://t.co/MXwwfyE75g" / X

"Slopacalypse" Now: AI Is an Unmitigated Disaster for Society! The profound dangers of AI slop, deepfakes, and disinformation polluting the information ecosystems of the Internet have never been clearer after OpenAI released its video-generation app Sora 2 on September 30. A 🧵. https://t.co/MXwwfyE75g

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 17h

Donald Trump’s (so-far) successful plan to end the conflict in Gaza was orchestrated by Jared Kushner in a bid to make himself richer, according to Trump biographer Michael Wolff.

How Jared Played Trump to Grease Own Pocket: Wolff

Kushner’s business connections and Trump manipulation may have cleared the way for a Gaza peace deal, according to Trump biographer Michael Wolff.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 17h

JD Vance - Catholic Christofascist and Opus Dei Trojan Horse.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17h

The US has finalized its $20 billion bailout for Argentina.

Too bad it only benefits one American: a billionaire hedge fund manager, who has placed large bets on the future of the Argentine economy.

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire

A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

www.motherjones.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

If I’m reading this right — and I’m not 100% sure I am, given the split order — this would appear to bar Trump from *using* the National Guard in Illinois, but not prevent the Texas National Guard from being deployed to Illinois at the base they’re currently in. They don’t have to go home yet.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 17h

#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals PARTIALLY grants the stay sought by the Trump Administration.

The stay is GRANTED as to federalization of the National Guard.

But it is DENIED as to deployment.

So deployment still BLOCKED, but troops "do not need to return to their home states."

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 16h

Just got my copy of Gilded Rage by @jacobsilverman.com

Please buy this important book about how tech zillionaires went off the edge.

(Bonus: I’m in it!)

Book Cover of “Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley” by Jacob Silverman. Featuring Elon Musk with a makeshift crown.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 15h

The joke is on Trump. The ethnic cleansing is simply being moved over to the West Bank.

Who in their right mind would believe the Israelis— under Benjamin Netanyahu—about *anything*?

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 18h

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15h

Trump's approval rating is now -16%. If you're dissatisfied, you're not alone.
https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker

Donald Trump’s approval rating

Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump

www.economist.com

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 15h

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Democrats whistleblower tip line is open.

oversightdemocrats.house.gov/contact/tip-...

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

oversightdemocrats.house.gov

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15h

Dozens of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — including “disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists and the entire Washington office — were notified late Friday that they were losing their jobs as part of the Trump administration’s latest round of federal layoffs.

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 16h

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Join a Virtual Phone Bank

Join us for a virtual phone bank and talk to voters for Prop 50.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 1d

We need something like a “Fascistpedia” to keep track of those who collaborated with the regime.

Later, they'll be scurrying to hide their cowardice and moral rot.

A permanent record will guarantee enduring shame.

Let’s give them their own museum.

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 1d

So many Americans are living lives of quiet desperation — and it's sad as fuck because it doesn't have to be like this. 🥹👇

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